The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-08-19
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Allow no rotting vegetables to re.
main in the cellar.
Any feeling that takes aman away
from his home is traitor to the house
hold
Feed the best hay and grain. II
your own is not first-elass buy some
that is
Alfalfa has been successfully grown
in Dakota, on light, sandy soil and in
an exposed position. Under more
favorable conditions it may be expected
to do better still.
Rice Omelet-Dissolve one teacup
Of cold, boiled rice in one teacup milk.
Add to this one tablespoon butter and
a little salt, and stir in three we'll
beaten eggs. Bake as an ordinary
omelet.- Chicago Herald.
1t costs about twice as much to
buy bread as to make it at home.
Another advantage is that the cook is
less apt to waste it, because she will
want to save herself the trouble OF
making -DeDaorest's Monthly.
English Crumpets- one quart
of milk add one-half cupful of yeast,
one teaspoonful of salt and flour to
make a stiff batter; let rise, and one
quarter cupful of melted butter; let
stand twenty minutes and bake in
rings.-Toledo Blade.
Remember that fresh buhach in
water kept tightly corked in a bottle,
one teaspoOnful to two gallons, is ex-
cellent to keep flies from worrying
our work horses. We have only to
battle the animals on various parts of
the body once in an hour or so.
Yeast Waffles.-One quart of -four,
two teaspoons of salt, pint and half
of sweet milk, six eggs beaten very
light, three tablespoons Of hop yeast.
Set to rise over night; stir in the morn
ing, before baking, a little flour and
pour in cup of melted butter.-Er-
change.
-Currant Jelly Without Cooking
Press the juice from currants and
strain it; to every pint put a pound OF
fine white sugar; mix them together
until the sugar is dissolved, then put
in jars, seal them and expose them to
the sun for two or three days.-The
Farmer and Manufacturer.
Salt Goldfish with White Sauce
Set it to soak as long as necessary. put
it into cold water over the fire in YES
sci; when just upon boiling, skim it
and take it off as soon as it boils; cover
it over and leave it thus for a quarter
Of an hour, then take it ont Of the YES
sci and let it drain. Put into a sauce
pan a piece of butter, a little flour,
pepper and capers. celery OF parsley,
add to it a little milk, pour it over the
fish and serve. Boston Budget.
Simple directions closely observed
which will make good butter: Wash
the cows bag before milking, have
your hands and pail thoroughly clean;
strain the milk into a deep can; place
this in half barrel or one sawed off a
few inches higher than the top of the
can; in this barrel place cold fresh
water, renewed thrice a day; never let
the cream stand over thirty-six hours,
and thirty-six hours after churn; the
proper temperature for the cream for
churning is 62'.-Fiarm, Field and
StOckn1GT.
Preserves of all kinds should be
kept entirely secluded from the air and
in a dry place. If put on a shelf in
the pantry they should not be allowed
to come in contact with the wall Even
the dryest walls, apparently, exude
more or less moisture and preserves in
variably absorb it, both in dampness
and in taste. 1t is necessary occasion
ally to look at them, and if they have
been attacked by mold boil them
over again, but gently. The old way
of laying over them paper dipped in
brandy to prevent all risks is still adj
hered to by many good housewives
Indianapolis Journal.